Top diplomats from Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed to ensure that a 150-strong committee to draft a new Syrian constitution will convene for the first time early next year as they wrapped up a meeting in Geneva on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended an exhibition of weapons and equipment seized from militants in Syria, in Moscow on Tuesday.

According to the MoD, nearly 100 different types of weapons from pistols to grenade launchers manufactured in 18 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, USA, Israel, the USSR and France were shown to the Russian leader.

Among other samples that were shown to the Russian president were military command posts equipped with digital and modular radio stations, explosive devices that were disguised as toys for children, cans of drinks and other civilian items made by the militants. The exhibition also devoted a section to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which the Russian military managed to neutralize in Syria. ‘Jihad-mobile’ – an armored civilian off-road vehicle stuffed with explosives – was among the bigger objects displayed at the exhibition.

Putin was also shown plants of poisonous substances, including mustard gas, as well as large-calibre howitzers capable of firing balloons with poisonous substances.

Eight-year-old Maya Merhi had to struggle around a Syrian displaced persons camp in Serjilla in northwestern Syria on artificial limbs made of plastic tubing and tin cans. But now the girl, who was born with no legs due to a congenital condition, is walking on new prosthetics after undergoing treatment in Turkey.

Syrian refugees check damage following a fire that ripped through their refugee camp in the village of Yammouneh in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, killing at least two people and destroying the camp, according to the National Information Agency.

Russian chemists have confirmed the attack carried out on Saturday night on the Syrian city of Aleppo involved toxic substances. Dozens of victims remain in hospital, some of them in critical condition. The chemical assault has in fact drawn far less attention in the international media than previous chemical attacks, Igor Zhdanov looks at why. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9j8d

Footage filmed on Sunday shows units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) patrolling through rugged desert near the Tulul al Safa heights, east of Sweida province.
Plumes of smoke were seen rising into the sky following explosions in the distance.

Years after losing his eyesight in battle, former Syrian rebel fighter Ahmad Talha is helping other visually-impaired people in the northern province of Aleppo use their smartphones using a screen reader app.

Vladimir #Putin, Emmanuel #Macron, Angela #Merkel and Recep Tayyip #Erdogan are taking part in the summit, which will focus on the settlement of the ongoing Syrian conflict as well as on the return of Syrian refugees. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9hdz